દેડકું
Gujarati
| નપુંસકલિંગ (napũsakliṅg): દેડકું n (deḍkũ) |
| પુંલિંગ (pũliṅg): દેડકો m (deḍko) |
| સ્ત્રીલિંગ (strīliṅg): દેડકી f (deḍkī) |
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit दर्दुर (dardura, “frog”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European root *dard-. Doublet of દાદુર (dādur) and દાદુરું (dādurũ). Cognate with Hindustani دادر / दादुर (dādur). Wider cognates include Lithuanian dardė́ti (“to rattle”), Welsh godyrddu (“to mumble”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈd̪eːɖ.kũ/
Noun
દેડકું • (deḍkũ) n
- (of unspecified gender) frog, toad
- Synonyms: ભેક (bhek), મંડૂક (maṇḍūk), મેડક (meḍak), દાદુરું (dādurũ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | દેડકું (deḍkũ) | દેડકાં, દેડકાંઓ (deḍkā̃, deḍkā̃o) |
| oblique | દેડકા (deḍkā) | દેડકાંઓ (deḍkā̃o) |
| vocative | દેડકા (deḍkā) | દેડકાંઓ (deḍkā̃o) |
| instrumental | દેડકે (deḍke) | દેડકાંએ (deḍkā̃e) |
| locative | દેડકે (deḍke) | દેડકે (deḍke) |
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “602”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 602
- ^ Stüber, K. (1998). The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic. Ireland: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, p. 103